It is asserted that the employment potential and prospects in the IT and related sectors are robust and promising. Indian IT sector employment prospects, both in the near and long-term are expected to be broadly positive and encouraging for the future.

To have a constructive discussion on career opportunities in the IT sector, TimesJobs invited Sanjay Gupta, Vice President & India Country Manager, NXP India Pvt. to discuss " career opportunities for freshers in IT/ITEs sector" with site users in a live chat.

Highlights of the chat session are here:

Mr. Sanjay: Welcome everyone !!

Divya : Hello Sir, I want to ask you about jobs that are there for non-IT people. I am a B.com graduate working in back-end operation for 2 years. I am a non-tech person but good with work. What is scope for me?

Mr. Sanjay: Hello Divya, I believe that India's IT / ESDM industry is growing very fast and the pie is big enough for everyone to have their fair share. This industry has hug scope for electronics and system design as well as manufacturing opportunities from India. At the moment, we re importing electronics worth millions of $$. Govt mandate is for Make in India is taking momentum in recent times and you would have tremendous scope for looking as per your interest & skill area's. Pls keep a close eye on ESDM developments around the country.

Shekhar: Dear Sir, I am studying in CT college in Jalandhar. I wanted to know about campus placement. Do you look for the campus for hiring? If yes, what qualities do you check in students?

Mr. Sanjay: Hi Shekhar, We are always very keen on Campus placement and undergo a detailed campus hiring process every year. I was personally hired in my Company via Campus hiring route :) . The biggest qualities that we see in students is their Passion, zeal for learning new things, collaboration behaviors and burning desire to Innovate...All the best !

Harman: What are the new opportunities in ITES? Anything other than traditional roles?

Mr. Sanjay: hi Harman, ITES is growing and rapidly expanding like never before..IT enabled services would grow in a big way around Artificial Intelligence and big data analytics in time to come.. BIG data coming out of everywhere ( phones, emails, banking, e-commerce, stock brokers...) would be handled through ITES and would be the next big wave in coming decade..Stay tuned to these new avenues...